The night passed quickly, and the two of them had a good sleep, eliminating the hard work and fatigue of the previous journey in the jungle. After having breakfast and packing their things, the two of them walked along the bank of the Bidras River to search for more than a year.
Hidden raft in front.
After some searching, they found the marks left behind before, and then dragged the raft out from a hidden place. After more than a year, the wood on the raft was damaged in some places. After inspection, they determined that it did not affect its use.
, the two pieces of wood pulp have been damaged, and two new ones have to be made.
One morning passed, the two of them cut some canes, peeled them and made some ropes, strengthened the raft, and cut branches to make two pieces of wood pulp. Then they carried the raft across the river and placed it on the edge of the shallow water.
After eating on the shore, people pushed the raft into the water, jumped on the raft, picked up the wood pulp, and started paddling across the river.
More than a year ago, the two of them paddled carefully for a long time when crossing the river. They were exhausted and sweating profusely when they came ashore. But today, the two of them quickly crossed the wide water and reached the other side of the river. They both felt that today
It was very easy to paddle. The raft hit splashes in the river and moved quickly. Moreover, they had time to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river.
After landing, they checked the time. It only took less than half an hour to row the raft across the river. Steven couldn't help but said in a great mood: "Dear Kate! It seems that we have achieved success in the dark rain forest."
What a remarkable progress! Compared with the difficulty we had crossing the river a year ago, we crossed it so easily today. I can’t believe it’s still the same river.”
Kate smiled and said: "We had just entered the jungle a year ago! It is normal to be nervous about the unknown dangers in the river! The experience of more than a year in the dark rainforest has indeed greatly improved our physical fitness and mental strength.
Especially you! Steven, I think this more than one year of experience can be regarded as a trial, which has greatly strengthened our personal strength, and the same is true in terms of knowledge."
Steven nodded and said: "That's right! Kate, but you are still as humble as ever. You have become the master of elements in the dark rainforest! If this were placed anywhere on the mainland, it would be the high-ranking officials and officials in the army and city hall.
You are the target of the nobles’ efforts to win over! Therefore, it is only appropriate that the word “special” should be applied to you!”
Kate shook her head and said: "I just want to stay calm and pragmatic! To me, awakening the elemental power does not mean that you become an element controller. You know this. For the military and institutions that use force, they have
There are only rumors about how elemental abilities are graded and what the standards are. I hope to think carefully about how to go in the future, but that is for the future. What we need to do now is to dismantle this raft and throw it into the river.
Go inside, lest those dwarfs use it."
Steven shrugged and said: "Okay, Kate! You have a lot of time to think about the future on the way back to Daru Town, so let's take action now!"
The two used hand axes to cut off the rattan ropes tied to the raft wood, and pushed the scattered wood into the water. Steven watched the wood float downstream along the current, and said with some emotion: "I hope I can enter the darkness again in the future.
The rainforest, the southern area is so vast, I really want to explore it!"
Kate walked towards the slope of the shore and said at the same time: "You can come to the dark rain forest at any time as long as you want! Those dwarfs will probably no longer be your trouble in the near future, Steven."
Steven shook his head and followed Kate up the slope and into the jungle.
The two of them followed their previous plan and explored downstream along the river bank. Their current goal was to find a camp that could survive the rainy season, and it should be not far from the river, so that they could monitor whether the ogres would cross the river.
come over.
After two days of searching, the two of them explored the upstream and downstream of the river crossing point, and finally found a hill not far upstream. The hill was not high. They found a cave halfway up the mountain near the river.
It can be used as a very good camp. Here you can overlook their previous crossing point, which is more than one kilometer away from the crossing point in a straight line. You can use a monocular to easily monitor whether the ogres are crossing the river.
The two cut down the trees that blocked the view, dragged them to the side of the cave, and roughly processed them as materials for building a rain shelter outside the cave. They first slightly modified the cave, and built a sloping roof similar to a porch outside the entrance of the cave.
The log shed, just like their camp outside the Dark Mountains, was covered with banana leaves and whipweed on diagonally fixed log rafters, and a fire stove was set up in the porch.
In the following days, the two took turns monitoring the river crossing point during the day, while the other collected firewood and hunted animals. They planted the cassava pieces and purple banana seeds they brought on a small piece of land outside the cave. These plants can also be used during the rainy season.
Grows well.
On the third day when the two crossed the river, Steven discovered the ogre team on the other side of the river when he used a telescope to check the crossing point. Steven estimated that the ogres might have arrived on the other side for two days, but
Obviously, their large army has not yet reached their current position. The ogres have appeared at the jungle edge on the other side of the river for several days, but have never tried to cross the river.
Maybe they are now afraid that they will face an attack from the two after crossing the river. With the number of people and combat power they have left, they are definitely no match for the two. If they cross the river from other places upstream and downstream, they will probably lose the two.
After all, there are not many human traces, and it is almost impossible to find broken traces in such a vast jungle.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there were other reasons that prevented these ogres from crossing the river.
This is the speculation of the two people. Just like the ancestors of the Saiman people left a legacy that prohibited the Saiman people from crossing the river they called the Gonoro River, this may have the same reason for those dwarves.
A few days later, it was already early March. After several days of intense work, the two finally built the camp roughly and were ready to welcome the rainy season. However, the ogres on the other side had not appeared on the shore for several days.
They did not cross the river, and the two of them found no trace of their large army. In short, the two of them were now basically sure that they had finally escaped the pursuit of those ogres.
The rainy season of the rainforest finally arrived as promised. It started to rain heavily the night before. The first rain continued for three days without stopping. The water of the Biedras River surged, and the raging river water mixed with the trees washed down from the upper reaches.
Branches and animal carcasses tumbled and flooded the jungle on the river bank. The river water was no longer clear and turned into a muddy yellow color. Thick mist rose in the heavy rain.